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Six years ago, my family of 6 moved to Panama City, Panama, for a three-year work assignment. Follow us as we navigate truly living in a third culture environment- never knowing when the call to move will come again.

It has been a long time since I devoted a post to my health goals. Overall, I could not be more pleased with how the whole process is going. On the weight front, I'm at a new adult, healthy low of 137.5. I was in a hurry that day so I didn't grab my camera to take a picture. (I weigh myself daily, but I don't photograph it each time.) I'm comfortably fluctuating between 137.5-139.5.

Here is picture from a few days back when I started planning this post.
Exercising is not my thing. It just isn't. I try to remind myself how amazing I feel after my runs, but that doesn't always get my butt out of bed. In an attempt to motivate myself, I decided to start a 10k program (and I turned the a/c warmer in our bedroom at night. It felt like trying to get up on a winter morning in Illinois in there!). Since July, I had been working a 5k plan designed to increase your finish time. It's been pretty much a colossal failure. 7 weeks of faithfully following it…

Last night was the basketball banquet for Carson's basketball season. It was fun to gather with all the parents again without having to focus on a game. Lots of fun conversation!!
Carson receiving his participation certificate with Coach Ezekiel.
Carson receiving the "Hardest Worker" plaque.
We're super proud of him and the (little) man he's becoming!

Okay. I'm not a reader by nature. I don't mind reading, but I certainly will find lots of other ways to burn time before I decide to read. I do have a kindle, though, and I enjoy reading on airplanes so I keep my eyes open for book recommendations.

I almost exclusively read Christian autobiographies and biographies. I don't love fiction in any form-To Kill a Mockingbird and Frankenstein the exceptions. Several weeks ago, I was online when I saw a recommendation for a book. I have no idea which website I was on that recommended it, but it captured my attention. And it's secular nonfiction, but I was intrigued by the title.

I ordered the book. In paper form. I love actual books. The kindle is nice because it's hard to get English-language books here and bringing them from the United States is heavy, but I ordered it. It was delivered to my brother, and I got it while I was in Los Angeles.